TIP OF THE DAY: Regrow Scallions From The Roots
These scallions were re-grown from the sliced-off root ends. Photo courtesy Hidden Valley | Facebook. |
Nobody eats the roots of green onions or leeks, a sprouting bulb of garlic and other vegetable discards. They end up as landfill.
But you can regrow some vegetable scraps in water, as long as you have a little sunlight. We saw this tip on Hidden Valley’s Facebook page and then did further research, ending up on Lifehacker.com. A reader’s comments on that site advises: After the new plants have started, you can keep growing them in water or else transfer them to soil so they’ll pick up nutrients and become more flavorful. |
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Try it both ways—water and soil—and see what works for you. Make it your “indoor farming” project for fall. Here’s how to do it from Lifehacker.com. |